Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg where we will have a White Christmas as with approaching 30cms of snow on the ground, and probably more to come, we more than meet the criteria of at least 2cms of snow on the ground on Christmas Day.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, yesterday afternoon, we enjoyed a t-shirts and shorts temperature of plus 4 degrees.
For me, and I stress for me, wind the clock back by 314 blogs to November 18, 2018, Dada’s first Sunday, where I wrote ‘I think he has given us something that is closer to one of his Toughies’ and the same applies today – several longish ‘uns, seven anagrams (four partials), one lurker, and no homophones all in a symmetric 28 clues; with 14, plus one bonus, hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg where we have our first major Alberta Clipper of the season.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where the mercury is staying below zero and ice is forming on the rivers!
For me, and I stress for me, Dada reasonably friendly, and we must have seen this grid before – four long ‘uns, eight anagrams (three partials), one lurker, and one homophone all in a symmetric 28 clues; with 14 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg. Well, after several feeble attempts over four or five days, Mother Nature finally gave us some snow starting two days ago – around 2cms, nothing like the amounts to the west of us.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where I nearly missed the fact that we are now in the seventh year of Dada on a Sunday – doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun!… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg. In his comment last Wednesday, following the 2Kiwis’ retirement, Gazza wrote ‘a new blogger will be taking over the Wednesday blogging chair.’ … Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where it continues to be unseasonably ‘warm,’ relatively speaking of course, for November and we have had no snow and very little other precipitation for several weeks.… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, oh dear, Santa’s elves have already built a grotto in one of the malls in the city. Thankfully, for the time being, it is being hidden behind temporary curtains but, oh dear again, he is taking up residence in four days time!… Continue reading
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where I am safely returned from my expedition to the old country and, with DST ending at zero dark thirty, I had an extra hours sleep for the second Sunday in a row! … Continue reading